Joining a Mac and PC in a workgroup
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Open Directory Access (Macintosh HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Directory Access).
Click the lock to make changes.
Enter password for local Macintosh account.
Select SMB and click Configure.
Enter the NetBIOS name of the domain in the Workgroup field.
Click OK twice.
Click Apply and close Directory Access.
In finder you should be able to browse the workgroup and connect to other computers, if you want to share files from osx then you have to do other stuff which I haven't yet done but I'm sure it can't be that hard.
Click the lock to make changes.
Enter password for local Macintosh account.
Select SMB and click Configure.
Enter the NetBIOS name of the domain in the Workgroup field.
Click OK twice.
Click Apply and close Directory Access.
In finder you should be able to browse the workgroup and connect to other computers, if you want to share files from osx then you have to do other stuff which I haven't yet done but I'm sure it can't be that hard.
m12_nathan said:
In finder you should be able to browse the workgroup and connect to other computers, if you want to share files from osx then you have to do other stuff which I haven't yet done but I'm sure it can't be that hard.
System Prefs
Sharing
Windows File Sharing - check
Ummmm....that's about it....
www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/18/samba.html
I followed this tutorial to get it up and running. Best way is to skip straight to the section on SWAT if you want anything other than basic home directory sharing. I used it and with a little jiggery pokery works fine.
I followed this tutorial to get it up and running. Best way is to skip straight to the section on SWAT if you want anything other than basic home directory sharing. I used it and with a little jiggery pokery works fine.
Just as in Linux, you can hack the /etc/smb.conf file. Unlike some unix config files, this one actually makes sense for non-1337 and is easy to read.
There's a line in there for Netbios Name and Workgroup, set these to what you want and ensure Windows Sharing is running from System Prefs. The Mac should be browseable from Windows.
Ensure you have shares set up as per what you want in the smb.conf file - the Mac won't have the default administrative shares like Windows - there is no C$ share on the Mac as there's no C: drive
There's a line in there for Netbios Name and Workgroup, set these to what you want and ensure Windows Sharing is running from System Prefs. The Mac should be browseable from Windows.
Ensure you have shares set up as per what you want in the smb.conf file - the Mac won't have the default administrative shares like Windows - there is no C$ share on the Mac as there's no C: drive
puggit said:
I followed nathan's instructions today (finally!) and I can see my windows laptop (and the windows vmware image on there too) from the Mac - but I can't see the Mac from either windows machine.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
Sounds like you're trying to do this:
m12_nathan said:
if you want to share files from osx then you have to do other stuff which I haven't yet done but I'm sure it can't be that hard.
puggit said:
How the hell do I join a Mac (intel chip if it really matters) to a WinXP pro machine in a workgroup.
Bin the Mac, buy another PC
We had "issues" when connecting a Mac (well, two of them actually!) to our local domain.
OSX and Micro$oft Server don't like talking to each other!
^^ bullshit. OS X uses a standard Samba implementation and can co-exist with Windows networks. I do it for a living, you're just playing.
Puggit - you may have set the SMB domain from Directory Services, but have you started the Samba service by activating Windows Sharing in the Sharing preference panel? This starts the smbd daemon which runs Windows networking.
If this is activated, then as standard you'll only be able to map to local user's folders (the Sharing preference panel will give you an address to use in Windows Explorer -> Map Network Drive).
To get down and dirty with OS X Windows networking you'll need to mess with the /etc/smb.conf file - this will allow you to define whether the machine is browseable or not, and to define new non-user-specific shares. There are no administrative C$ shares as standard on any Samba install, since the concept of a 'C' drive isn't really defined on Unix - so if what you're looking for is a specific shared folder, then you'll have to do some config.
Almost certainly there'll be a nice GUI app someone's written to make this easy, so a google search for 'smb gui os x' may get you somewhere... personally I'm happy hacking config files, it's not hard and it's documented. Fire up a terminal window, type 'man smb.conf' and read
Puggit - you may have set the SMB domain from Directory Services, but have you started the Samba service by activating Windows Sharing in the Sharing preference panel? This starts the smbd daemon which runs Windows networking.
If this is activated, then as standard you'll only be able to map to local user's folders (the Sharing preference panel will give you an address to use in Windows Explorer -> Map Network Drive).
To get down and dirty with OS X Windows networking you'll need to mess with the /etc/smb.conf file - this will allow you to define whether the machine is browseable or not, and to define new non-user-specific shares. There are no administrative C$ shares as standard on any Samba install, since the concept of a 'C' drive isn't really defined on Unix - so if what you're looking for is a specific shared folder, then you'll have to do some config.
Almost certainly there'll be a nice GUI app someone's written to make this easy, so a google search for 'smb gui os x' may get you somewhere... personally I'm happy hacking config files, it's not hard and it's documented. Fire up a terminal window, type 'man smb.conf' and read
cyberface said:
Almost certainly there'll be a nice GUI app someone's written to make this easy, so a google search for 'smb gui os x' may get you somewhere... personally I'm happy hacking config files, it's not hard and it's documented. Fire up a terminal window, type 'man smb.conf' and read
SWAT - Samba web admin tool. Nice piece of software.
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